PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Donato Bilancia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saif Rasheed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Bilancia
vs
Rasheed

175 cm
21
180 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

170 cm
28
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donato Bilancia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Saif Rasheed!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rasheed tries for a takedown but Bilancia sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Bilancia drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Rasheed not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rasheed tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Rasheed looking for a guillotine here but Bilancia defends easily.
Bilancia controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rasheed keeping moving, preventing Bilancia from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bilancia looking to pass the guard.

Bilancia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bilancia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasheed looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bilancia is one step ahead there.
Rasheed can't keep his opponent in guard - Bilancia advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Bilancia is trying for a kimura here. Rasheed looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Bilancia wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Donato Bilancia!
Donato Bilancia was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.